Crush them loosely in your hands? Ethan would much rather crush them with his mortar and pestle - and didn't know why they wouldn't - but decided to follow instruction. He picked up four billywig wings and crumbled them in his hand, then brushed them into the cauldron with his other hand. Picking up the belladonna leaves, he repeated the motions.
He glanced over at Minnie and mirrored her weak smile at her words. She didn't sound all that convincing and still looked quite pale.. though the color was coming back to her cheeks. He nodded and turned back to his potion. It was probably just the blood and now that they were moving on, perhaps she would feel better.
Ethan looked up as Lafay related their next set of instructions and he pulled out his mortar and pestle,
scourgifying both. He dropped in the poppy seeds and began grinding them, lids getting very heavy as he did his best to focus on his work... The boy opened his eyes wide to stop from nodding off and broke the valerian sprigs into the mortar. He began crushing and grinding again, movements slowing as he was growing so sleepy..
SPOILER!!: Potions Journal
Lingualaxus Truth Serum Ingredients- Water
- 8 drops of Essence of Wormwood
- One cup of Jobberknoll blood
- 4 Billywig Wings
- 3 Belladonna leaves
- 2 tablespoons of poppy seeds
- 7 Sprigs of Valerian
- 5 leeches
Instructions
1) Fill cauldron with water, set on flame
2) Add 8 drops wormwood essence, 1 drop at a time
3) Begin stirring counter-clockwise and slowly add Jobberknoll blood
4) Crush the 4 Billywig Wings and the 3 Belladonna leaves loosely in your hands, letting the brittled pieces fall in the cauldron
5) Grind the two tablespoons of poppy seeds into a dust with the mortar and pestle, then breaking up with your hand the seven sprigs of Valerian, put them in the mortar. Then crush it together with the poppy dust and add the contents to the potion.